Zhou Youguang helped invent Pinyin, a writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet. This makes it easier to learn how to pronounce Chinese words, and is credited with helping raise literacy rates in China. In spite of his achievements, Mr Zhou remains largely unknown in his home country. [...]
English has been the leading global language for 100 years, but is it the language of the future? If Mandarin Chinese is to challenge English globally, then it first has to be used in its own backyard, South East Asia. Nearly three-quarters of the population in Singapore are ethnic Chinese but English is the national [...]
Education experts say that parents should help their children choose books to read. The child should be interested in the subject of the book. Younger children enjoy pictures as well as words. Many children who play computer games think that reading is boring or not fun. Experts say that you should find out what your [...]
A British company that rates the quality of universities recently printed a list of Asia’s top 200 universities. No Chinese university was in the top 10 including BeiDa and Qinghua. China Youth Online asked 4,488 Chinese university students several questions about the quality of China’s top universities. 18.4% of the students in the survey attend [...]
UPAKO CENTRE P.O. Box 53273 – 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Pastor Francis Odhiambo Phone: +254 733 726 136 Email: upakocentre@yahoo.com The children you see are orphans, the adults are volunteer teachers and care givers. Upako Centre provides primary education to over 180 children. Forty of those children have no home to go to after school. They [...]
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